Finance Lead - Operations

Finance Lead - Operations

Location: Ilorin, Kwara Employment Type: Full-time

Job Summary

• The primary purpose of the Finance Lead is to ensure accurate, timely and complete end-to-end accounting records in the region in compliance with International Financial Reporting Standards and other management guidelines.
• Provide a strong support for the OFM on Financial Closure Process, Periodic Reporting and Critical Analysis.

Responsibilities

• Approve all journal entries on the ERP, mindful of key parameters including appropriate Cost Center and General Ledger.
• Coordinate monthly Financial Closure Process to ensure all monthly accruals and provisions are properly booked.
• Support the OFM in the consolidation of monthly Financial Reports as prepared by various members of the Finance team.
• Review all supporting documents (invoices, waybill, certificate of job completion) presented for vendors’ payment purposes.
• Provides initial review for all Bank Reconciliations in the region.
• Liaise with Head Office (HO) and other regions on pending balances in the Region’s current account.
• Work closely with the OFM on partnering with other Functions/Units within the region with a view to optimizing operational costs and enhance the control environment.
• Participate actively in the month end stock count activities.
• Provides supporting documents and schedules to external auditors during statutory audit

Requirements

• BSc/HND degree in Accounting, Finance or a related field.
• Professional Level Qualification in Accounting and Finance – ACCA, ACA, CIMA
• 4 - 5 Years post qualification experience in MNC Manufacturing Environment Sound financial and accounting knowledge and exceptional business understanding, Management Accountancy, Business Planning and Analysis
• Working knowledge of business intelligence applications like Power BI, etc. is advantageous
• Hands on experience on ERP (Navision / Microsoft GP, SAP, Oracle Financials), Advanced Microsoft Office Expertise (Excel, PowerPoint etc.).

Application Closing Date

26th November, 2026.

Note: Only selected candidates will be contacted.